Analysis of the coal production chain from the caatinga vegetation in the rural area Petrolina – PE

This paper aims to present the results obtained from the execution of the Project entitled “Analysis of the charcoal production chain from the caatinga vegetation in the Rural Zone of Petrolina – PE”, approved in the selection of Public Notice nº. 55/2018 as the Initiation Grants Project. Scientific - PIBIC of the Federal Institute of Pernambuco Sertão – Petrolina campus. The main objective was to make an analysis of the charcoal production chain in the respective municipality, listing the environmental impacts caused to the native vegetation of the caatinga ecosystem, the fauna and the local society through the charcoal production. This is an applied, exploratory, descriptive and field research, where it was possible to make an exhaustive study of the literature and perform in loco the survey of the main caatinga trees used for coal production in the region. The results indicate the need for discussion of several important points in this agenda that should be discussed in the academic-scientific and political-social, aiming to point out the harmful consequences to the environment and society.